You forgot the deuteron.
2014-03-28 21:24 GMT-03:00 Axil Axil <janap...@gmail.com>: > Take note: > The neutron is about 0.2% more massive than a proton, which translates to > an energy difference of 1.29 MeV. > > When a heavy particle becomes a lighter one, the mass difference (.2%) is > converted to energy via E=MC^2. You have your signs confused. > > > On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 7:40 PM, Daniel Rocha <danieldi...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> That doesn't make sense. The total energy is negative, it's endodermic, >> so this is not an explanation for cold fusion. >> >> >> 2014-03-28 20:36 GMT-03:00 Axil Axil <janap...@gmail.com>: >> >> The decay of the neutron is associated with a quark >> transformation<http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/particles/qrkdec.html#c1>in >> which a down quark is converted to an up by the weak interaction . The >>> average lifetime of 10.3 min/0.693 = 14.9 minutes is surprisingly long for >>> a particle decay that yields 1.29 MeV of energy. You could say that this >>> decay is steeply "downhill" in energy and would be expected to proceed >>> rapidly >>> >>> >>> Daniel Rocha - RJ >> danieldi...@gmail.com >> > > -- Daniel Rocha - RJ danieldi...@gmail.com
